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We just got back from the vet and he has both an ear and eye infection (I didn't really notice the ear infection until we got there and he really stuck his neck out). He is now on 2 eye drops/day (every 12 hrs) and a shot of ceftazidime every 3 days. The vet said that he has to have the...

Two days ago when I got Aggie, my Greek Tortoise, out of his soak I noticed his right eye looked a little odd; it looked as though it has a film over the bottom half. Then last night I went to feed him and noticed that his eye now appears to be swollen and still have that brown film. I recently...

I work at a detention facility here in PA, and they have a pet tortoise housed with a bearded dragon. Both are housed in an aquarium with inadequate light (no UV light at all), heat (only about 80F all through the tank/no basking spot), food (if the tortoise gets greens at all, it's usually...

He lives in a tortoise table that is about 4'X4'. Temps are ~95-100F basking, 65-70F Night, and anywhere between 75-85F around the table, depending on if it is closer to the basking light or the hide. He eats a variety of foods; I've tried multiple greens but the only ones he'll actually eat...

lkynaston, were you able to get a definitive answer to your question? I have a Greek Tortoise who has completely lost his appetite and has been sleeping unless I wake him up in the mornings (to which he gets mad and goes deep into his shell). He is not exhibiting any signs of sickness, he just...

My Greek tortoise, Aggie, has been sleeping all but ~20 minutes a day. I get him up in the morning to eat and sometimes for a soak and he'll eat then go back to sleep until the following morning. I didn't realize he was going back into his hide to sleep after he ate until I was home this...

I was told a bit ago that tortoises do not throw up but I looked into Aggie's home tonight and found this beside him while he slept so I picked him up and he had the red on his mouth so I'm pretty sure he threw it up. He isn't acting lethargic or anything and he was eating fine so I'm not...

Aggie stays calm for about a minute... ...then begins looking for an escape route!

Aggie was really unhappy with the coconut coir and he kept ingesting it so I changed some things up and it's humid enough in my house that the humidity is fine on the new set-up He's much happier now; which makes me feel a little less guilty about leaving him all day to work...

Here's a few from Aggie, I'm sure he's sick of my cell phone by now :)

I was watching House Hunters and Aggie kept crawling up to the screen to watch it so obviously it means he's ready for us to do some house hunting :) And the guilty party makes a swift getaway :)

Just a quick update: I had a fecal done today and apparently Aggie has a lot of pinworms so my vet is giving me a dewormer to use for a week. Now, does anybody know a good way to get a tortoise to take liquid medication?

There was some change along with the enclosure change, it took him awhile to adjust as he does not particularly like surrounding changes, but he finally go back to normal after a few weeks. I did recently change about a quarter of his home to reptibark because he would drag his food through the...

That is too cute...it's funny when he realizes you're taping him (at least that's what it looked like)

It has now been 3 1/2 weeks since Aggie has really eaten anything or had any type of bowel movements (this could be due to his lack of eating). I've offered him multiple foods such as turnip greens (one of his favorites), spring mix (including baby greens, endive, escarole), dandelions, and...